Features of intellectual disabilities

85% of children in preschool are mental.backwardness is not strongly manifested, as it has a weak degree and can be charged to individual characteristics. The diagnosis is made only after entering the school, when violations become apparent and the child is faced with problems in learning.Children with intellectual disabilities need a special approach and training by professionalsPhoto: Getty The mental retardation of a child in development differs in the degree of intensity of the pathology:

• Mild mental retardation manifeststhe inability of the child to fully assimilate information, it may take longer for the child to learn something new or develop a skill than an ordinary child. But such children willingly communicate with their peers, and in adulthood they become full-fledged members of society.
• A moderate degree is diagnosed in earlyage, during the period when intensive formation of speech and physical skills should occur. By the age of 7, the development of such children corresponds to the level of 2-3 years in a healthy child. This degree is often the case with the diagnosis of Down syndrome.
• Severe manifested in the first months of life. Sit, crawl, hold the subject in their hands - all this children learn much later than normal. The development of speech is very slow, and only by 10 years old can a child form coherent sentences from words.

There is still a deep degree of mental retardation, which is diagnosed in infancy. This pathology manifests itself externally - the child is weak physically and has a pronounced asymmetry of the face.

Raising children with mental retardation

It depends on the severity of deviations. Children with a mild form of pathology outwardly do not differ from the rest; they can communicate with their peers and adults and take care of themselves. These guys can attend regular school. But you need to deal with them additionally at home, as they have difficulty in learning new material. It is better to entrust the training of children with severe forms of pathologies to professionals. For them, there are specialized schools with an adapted program. A child with such problems will be calmer and more comfortable there in a group with the same children. Whereas in an ordinary school, he risks becoming an outcast. With the deepest degree of the disease all the more difficult. Often, children can not adequately assess what is happening, they can not be accustomed even to personal hygiene, and some lead exclusively to a lying lifestyle. Here parents have to make a choice. One option - with their written consent, he is sent to a special institution, where he receives care and medical care. Not prohibited and home maintenance of the patient.

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